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STABLE SUBSTITUTED SUCCINIC ANHYDRIDE/ETHER-ESTER
EMULSIFIER COMPOSITION AND METHODS FOR ITS USE
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a stable hydrocarbyl-
substituted succinic anhydride/emulsifier composition.
This invention also relates to an improved method for
imparting water repellency to surfaces containing groups
reactive to androids. A further aspect of this invent
lion relates to an improved method for the sizing of paper
and paper board products.
It is well known in the art that hydrocarbyl-
substituted succinic androids are good for treating
paper, fabric, or other surfaces to impart water
repellency. As indicated in US. Patent Nos. 3,102,064,
3,821,069, 3,968,005, and 4,040,900 ORE 29,960), these
compositions are particularly useful for sizing paper.
It is also known that these succinic androids
are best applied for such purposes in a highly dispersed
form, such as an aqueous emulsion. See, for example, US.
Patent No. 4,040,900 ORE 29,960), which describes paper
sizing emulsions made from mixtures comprising a subset-
tuned cyclic dicarboxylic acid android and polyoxy-
alkaline alkyd or alkylaryl ether or the corresponding
moo- or divester.
Long-chain divester emulsifiers, as well as moo-
esters, alkyd phenol ethoxylates and alcohol ethoxylates,are disclosed in US. Patent No. 4,040,900 ORE 2~,96~) as
useful emulsifiers for substituted succinic androids.
A major drawback of these prior art emulsifiers
is the fact that, once formed, the succinic android-
emulsifier mixtures are unstable and must be promptly used. There therefore exists a need in the art for sub-
stituted succinic anhydride-emulsifier mixtures which
demonstrate enhanced stability upon eying or storage.
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SUMMARY OX THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a stable hydra-
05 carbyl-substituted succinic anhydride/emulsifier
composition comprising:
(A) 70 to 99.5~ of a normally liquid hydrocarbyl-
substituted succinic android containing from 6 to 50
carbon atoms in the substituent; and
(B) 0.5 to 30~ of an emulsifier of the formula:
R-W-Y
wherein R is a hydrophobic alkyd, alkylaryl, or aureole-
alkyd group containing from 1 to 30 carbon atoms;
W is a water-solubl0 polyethyleneoxy-containing group
having from 4 to 150 ethylene oxide units which is index
pendently connected to R and Y through oxygen, sulfur or
nitrogen linkages;
Y is an azalea capping group for the oxygen, sulfur or
nitrogen linkages on W not connected to R, wherein Y
contains from 10 to 40 carbon atoms;
n is 1/2, 1, 2, or 3;
and the hydrophile-lipophile balance (HUB) is between
about 9 and 18.
The present invention further provides a method
of imparting water repellency to surfaces containing
groups reactive to androids which comprises impregnating
said surfaces with an aqueous emulsion of the substituted
succinic anhydride/emulsifier composition of the
invention.
The present invention is also concerned with a
method of sizing paper which comprises intimately disk
pursing within the wet paper pulp, prior to the ultimate
conversion of said pulp into a dry web, an aqueous Emil-
soon of the substituted succinic anhydride/emulsifier
composition of the invention.
Among other factors, the present invention is
based on my discovery that certain derivatives of polyp
ethyleneoxy-containing (or "polyethylene glycol-based")
emulsifiers, wherein the free hydroxyl groups are capped
with azalea carbon-containing groups, are surprisingly
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effective emulsifiers upon aging in substituted succinic
android. These emulsifiers provide stable mixtures with
05 substituted succinic android and do not react with the
android under storage conditions.
Advantageously, the substituted succinic ashy-
dride-emulsifier mixtures of the present invention are
highly effective in treating various surfaces to impart
water-repellency. These compositions are particularly
useful as superior paper sizing events.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic android
useful for preparing the anhydride/emulsifier composition
of the present invention is a hydrophobic molecule. Us-
ally it will have one substituent in the 3-position, but
it may have substituents in both the 3- and 4-positions.
In general, the substituent will be an alkyd, alkenyl or
aralkyl group. Other elements may be present in a minor
amount, such as a sulfur or ether linkage. The total
number of carbon atoms in the substituent is between 6 and
50. A preferred substituent size is between 10 and 30.
More preferred is between 12 and 25. A preferred embody-
mint of the contemplated androids is the alkenyl Sioux-
nix android made by allowing an olefin to react withmaleic android by the well-known "Eye" reaction. Also
suitable is the "Diels-Alder" product derived from malefic
android and a conjugated dine. or the present pun-
poses, I shall refer to the androids contemplated as
"AS".
The emulsifier of the present composition posy
senses three essential properties. first it is soluble
in AS at ambient temperatures. Secondly, it is stable to
storage when dissolved in AS. Thirdly, it has surfactant
power to emulsify AS in water. To satisfy these
requirements, the present emulsifier contains no free -SO,
-OH or NO groups which could react with AS and it has a
hydrophile-lipophile balance (HUB) between about 9 and 18.
Generally, to achieve the desired HUB, the Emil-
sifters will contain between about 4 and 150 average moles
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of ethylene oxide, depending on the size of the lipophilicand other hydrophilic groups present. lore commonly, the
05 suitable range of moles of ethylene oxide employed will b
from about 5 to 80.
The present emulsifier can be prepared from
commercially available polyethylene glycol-derived emulsi-
liens which contain free hydroxyl groups and a propounder-
ante of polyethylene glycol. These commercially available emulsifiers are themselves soluble in AS and are modestly
effective for emulsifying the android in water.
However, they are not stable in AS on storage due to the
presence of the hydroxyl groups. examples of this class
of hydroxyl-containing compounds include the polyethylene
glycol derivatives of long-chain alcohols and alkyd-
phenols, which are commonly used to emulsify oils in
water. In general, these compounds will contain one free
hydroxyl grout and can be represented by the following
formulae
x 2x+ (OCH2CH2)z OH,
CXH2X+1 ( OCH2CH2 ) Z
wherein x is an integer from 8 to 24 and z is an integer
from 10 to 80. Typical commercial examples of these
hydroxyl-containing emulsifiers include Igepal C0-850 and
C0-880 (GAY), Briton X-305 (Room and Hays), Tergitol
15-S-20 and Tergitol 15-S-40 (Union Carbide).
Since the polyethylene glycol PEG containing
material is capped with a large azalea group to form the -
emulsifier used in the present invention, it is not necessary for it to contain a large alkyd grout.
Therefore it is also suitable in the above formulas for X
to equal 1 to 7. For example, ethoxylates from lower
alcohols, such as methyl, ethyl, bottle, and the like, are
suitable. Commercial examples are Carbowax PUG 550 and
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MPG 750 (Union Carbide). In this case, less ethylene
oxide is needed to give the desired HUB and emulsifier
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In addition to the above monohydroxy-containing
compounds, suitable PEG-containing compounds may contain
various hydrophilic moieties familiar to the art. In
addition to polyethyleneoxy groups, they may contain
glycerol, polyglyceryl, anhydrosorbityl or pentaerythrityl
groups, and the like. With these compounds more than one
hydroxyl group is present which must be capped to form the
surfactants of the present invention. Small amounts of
propyleneoxy groups may also be present. It is not
desirable to employ PEG-containiny compounds which possess
more than about four hydroxyl groups because of the
excessive amount of capping required.
Also contemplated are PEG-containing compounds
in which sulfur or nitrogen linkages are involved, between
the hydrophilic group and either the hydrophobic or the
capping group. For example, ethoxylated mercaptans or
ethoxylated fatty amine can be used. Ethoxylated
sulfonamides can also be used.
The hydrophobic moiety may be straight chain,
branched or cyclic. It may be alkyd, alkylaryl or aureole-
alkyd.
The above-described compounds are converted to
the emulsifiers of the present invention by reacting the
free hydroxyls with a large carbon-containing reagent
which caps, or covers up, the hydroxyls. The capping
group will have the effect of lowering the hydrofoil-
lipophile balance (HUB) of the PEG-containiny compound
because the capping group adds a hydrophobic moiety to the
molecule. One must select the PEG-containiny compound and
the capping group to ensure that the capped emulsifier is
within the desired HUB range. Enough capping reagent is
used to cover up all the reactive -SO, -OH and -NH groups
in the PEG-containing compound employed.
Carboxylic esters, carbamate esters and veto
esters have been found to provide stable mixtures in AS.
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Therefore, capping reagents suitable for use in preparing
the compositions of the present invention are those which
05 add an azalea cap to the starting PEG-containiny compound.
Contemplated capping reagents are those that
form a carboxyl derivative linkage, such as ester, aside,
carbamate, urea, and the like, to the hydrophilic moiety.
Suitable reagents are carboxylic androids, acid halides,
isocyanates, kitten divers, and the like, which are well
known derivatives of carboxylic acids, including fatty and
other natural acids, such as abietic.
While the capping reagents are Connally moo-
functional, they can also be difunctional or even in-
functional, as long as the structural requirements are met proportionately for each functional group. Examples of
suitable difunctional reagents are the fatty acid diver
derivatives.
The following illustrates the range of suitable
carbon-containing groups and reactive functions which may
be combined to make suitable reagents. Carbon-containing
groups include decal, undecyl, dodecyl, tridecyl, twitter-
decal, pentadecyl, hexadecyl, octadecyl, eicosyl, docosyl
(all branched or straight chain), dicyclohexyl, decalyl,
diphenyl and naphthyl. Reactive functions include
androids, acid halides, isocyanate, and isothiocyanate.
Capping reagents are preferred which require no
catalyst or coreactant and which form no byproducts.
Consequently, no additional processing steps are
required. Examples of suitable reagents include octadecyl
isocyanate, and fatty acid kitten divers.
The azalea capping group on the PEG-containing
compound designated Y in the formula above, will
generally contain from lo to 40 carbon atoms. The capping
group, being lipophilic, strongly alters the hydrofoil-
lipophile balance (HUB) of the PEG-containing compound and
may provide the sole effective hydrophore in the emulsi-
lien formed. Preferably, Y will contain from 12 to 35
carbon atoms. With a difunctional capping reagent, these
numbers of carbon atoms may be doubled. Inert groups,
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such as an ether or trio linkage, may also be present. In
addition, inert aside linkages, such as in carbamates
ox derived from isocyanates, may be present. Inert carbonyl
groups, such as those seen in veto esters obtained from
reaction with a Dakotan, may be present. Inert halides
may also be present.
If the capping group contains a reactive lung-
lion such as the double bond in an oilily ester, reactions
known to the art may be performed with this function as
long as the product conforms to the composition of this
invention. For example, isomerization of an oilily ester
to an elaidyl ester yields a suitable emulsifier.
15Examæles of suitable capping groups on the Emil-
sifter of the present composition include the following:
O O
-C-R' and -C-NH-R'
wherein R' is an n-alkyl, isoalkyl, cycloalkyl or
aureole group containing from 9 to 39 carbon atoms;
O O
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R''
wherein R'' is an n-alkyl, isoalkyl, cycloalkyl or
aureole group containing from 3 to 18 carbon atoms; and
O O O O
,. .. - -
-CROOK- and -C-NH-R'''-NH-C-
wherein R''' is an n-alkylene, isoalkylene,
cycloalkylene or Arlene group containing from 18 to 78
carbon atoms.
Specific examples of contemplated capping groups
include:
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05 CH3(cH2)l0c-~ CH3(CH2)16c ' CH3(C~2)7CH=c~(c~2)7c '
o O o SHEA O
.. .. .. I "
CH3(CH2)14C SUE C ~CH3(CH2)17 NH C I CH3(CH2)8C - C-,
SHEA - SHEA
SHEA
O O O
C-,CH3(CH2)131CH C C20H41-C~-C-
CH3(CH2)13CH I SCHICK-,
O O
C-
and (C 20
C--
o
The hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance of the
capped emulsifiers is in the normal emulsifier-detergent
range. One way of defining this balance is by the use of
the HUB scale (Hydrophile-Lipophile valance). See
3 P. Becker, Chapter 18, in "Non ionic Surfactants", M. J.
Schick, Editor, Marcel Decker (1967). The hydrofoil-
lipophile balance is an indication of the size and
strength of the hydrophilic (water-loving or polar)
groups, and the lipophilic (oil-loving or non-polar)
groups in a surfactant material expressed by a numerical
value designated the HUB number. On that scale, for my
oil-in-water capped emulsifiers, the HUB should be about 9
to 18, preferably 11 to 16.
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The HUB may be estimated by comparison of
various properties, such as water volubility, with emulsi-
ox liens of known HUB. Alternatively, the HUB may be eel-
quilted by several procedures known to the art See, for
example, J. T. Davies, Second Proceedings International
Congress on Surface Activity, page 426 (1957). A simple
approach with polyethyleneoxy-containing non ionic come
lo pounds is to divide the weight percent polyethylene oxide
by five. I have estimated the HUB this way for several
emulsifiers of the present composition. Very good AS
emulsions in water are obtained when the estimated HUB is
in the 11 to 16 range.
The emulsifier of the present composition is
prepared by reacting the unstable hydroxyl-containing
compound described above with the capping reagent until
the hydroxyl groups have reacted. Generally, from a few
minutes to several hours are required for this reaction at
20 temperatures from about 80C to 200C. With catalysts,
lower temperatures and shorter times may be employed. The
ester derivatives, which would normally be made from
carboxylic android or acid halide reagents, could
alternatively be prepared from a carboxylic acid or ester
25 by other esterification reactions well known to the art,
such as acid-catalyzed esterification or base-catalyzed
ester interchange. Before making the ASA/emulsifier
composition of the present invention, it is preferable to
remove any byproducts which may have been formed, such as
30 water, fatty acid or hydrogen chloride. The capped
emulsifier is then blended into the AS, yielding the
ASA/emulsifier composition of the invention.
Alternatively, when the capping reagent is
sufficiently reactive, the hydroxyl-containing emulsifier
35 may be first dissolved in the AS and then reacted with
the capping reagent.
The ASA/emulsifier compositions of the present
invention comprise 70 to 9g.5 parts by weight, preferably
80 to 98 parts, of the substituted succinic android and
40 0 5 to 30 parts by weight, preferably 2 to 20 parts, of
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the capped emulsifier. These ASA/emulsifier combinations
are easy to make at a central location and can be stored
05 and shipped to the location where the AS emulsions will
be made. The two components are miscible and the mixture
is liquid at ambient temperatures.
This ASA/emulslfier composition readily emulsi-
lies into water of various hardness and pi with simple
mixing in the absence of high shear. Fine droplets are
formed and the emulsion is stable until it is used for
treating a surface which contains groups reactive Jo the
android The time between formation and use could range
from a few seconds to several hours. Longer times are
generally not preferred because the android groups will
gradually be hydrolyzed by the water present.
The water used can be relatively pure or can
contain the usual impurities in domestic water. It can
have a pi above or below 7, generally in the range of 3 to
11. Calcium and magnesium hardness ions may be present.
Thy amount of AS suspended in the water can
vary widely, from a few parts per million to 10% or more
depending on the use and method of application. For wood
or fabric treatment, concentrations around I may be used,
whereas for internal paper sizing, the concentration in
the pump slurry is normally below about 100 parts per
million. Thereby about 0.1 to I of AS is finally
absorbed on the paper.
Surfaces to be treated with the ASA/emulsifier
compositions of the invention to gain water repellency
will contain integral groups which are reactive to the AS
android group. This normally will involve reaction with
groups such as hydroxyl, amino or Marquette. A preferred
type of material which may be treated with emulsions of
the compositions of the invention contains carbohydrate
molecules, such as cellulose or starch, at the surface of
the material. These materials contain many hydroxyl
groups which can react with the AS.
As stated above, the A~A/emulsifier compositions
I of the present invention may be used to impart water
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repellency to cellulosic materials. The water-repellent
compositions described above are preferably applied to the
05 material in aqueous emulsions. The emulsion may be
sprayed onto the material or the material may be dipped
into the emulsion in order to distribute the derivative
evenly throughout the material. The impregnated material
is then withdrawn from the solution and air dried. After
lo air drying, the material is then heated, preferably to a
temperature in excess of 100C, to effect a curing of the
impregnated agent within the material. It has been found
that one may conveniently use a temperature of about 125C
for a period of 15 to 20 minutes. At lower temperatures,
lo longer periods of time are required to effect the curing
process. Lower temperatures and shorter times may be used
if an acylation catalyst is present. To be commercially
practical, the gunny time should be as short as possible
and generally less than one hour. At higher temperatures,
the heat curing may be accomplished in shorter periods of
time. The upper limit of temperature at which the heat
curing process may be carried out is limited to the them-
portrays at which the cellulosic material begins to
decompose. Using the composition of the present invent
lion, it is preferred to impregnate the material with from about 0.5 to 3% by weight of the material of the ASA/emul-
sifter composition.
The ASA/emulsifier compositions of the present
invention may additionally be used as paper sizing events.
These novel sizing agents display all of the features and
advantages of prior art sizing agents. Moreover, the
novel sizing agents of this invention impart to paper
sized therewith a particularly good resistance to acidic
liquids such as acid inks, citric acid, lactic acid etc.
as compared to paper sized with the sizing agents of the
prior art. In addition to the properties already men-
toned, these sizing agents may also be used in combine-
lion with alum as well as with any of the pigments,
fillers and other ingredients which may be added to paper.
I The sizing agents of the present invention may also be
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used in conjunction with other sizing agents so as to
obtain additive sizing effects. A still further advantage
05 is that they do not detract from the strength of the paper
and when used with certain adjuncts wilt in fact,
increase the strength of the finished sheets. Only mild
drying or curing conditions are required to develop full
sizing value.
lo The actual use of these sizing agents in the
manufacture of paper is subject to a number of variations
in technique, any of which may be further modified in
light of the specific requirements of the practitioner.
It is important to emphasize, however, that with all of
lo these procedures, it is most essential to achieve a unit
form dispersal of the sizing agent throughout the fiber
slurry, in the form of minute droplets which can come in
intimate contact with the fiber surface. Uniform disk
perusal may be obtained by adding the sizing agent to the
pulp or by adding a previously formed, fully dispersed
emulsion. Chemical dispersing agents may also be added to
the fiber slurry.
Another important factor in the effective utile-
ration of the sizing agents of this invention involves
I their use in conjunction with a material which is either
cat ionic in nature or is, on the other hand, capable of
ionizing or dissociating in such a manner as to produce
one or more cations or other positively charged moieties.
These cat ionic agents, as they will be hereinafter
referred to, have been found useful as a means for aiding
in the retention of sizing agents herein as well as for
bringing the latter into close proximity to the pulp
fibers. Among the materials which may be employed as
cat ionic agents in the sizing process, one may list alum,
aluminum chloride, long chain fatty amine, sodium alum-
Nate substituted polyacrylamide, chronic sulfate, animal
glue, cat ionic thermosetting resins and polyamide polyp
mews. Of particular interest for use as cat ionic agents
are various cat ionic starch derivatives including primary,
secondary, tertiary or qua ternary amine starch derivatives
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and other cat ionic nitrogen substituted starch derive-
lives, as well as cat ionic sulfonium and phosphonium
ox starch derivatives. such derivatives may be prepared from
all types of starches including corn, tapioca, potato,
waxy maize, wheat and rice. Moreover, they may be in
their original granule form or they may be converted to
pregelatinized, cold water soluble products.
Any of the above noted cat ionic agents may be
added to the stock, i.e., the pulp slurry, either prior
to, along with, or after the addition of the sizing agent.
However, in order to achieve maximum distribution, it is
preferable that the cat ionic agent be added either subset
quint to or in direct combination with the sizing agent.
The actual addition to the stock of either the cat ionic
agent or the sizing agent may take place at any point in
the paper making process prior to the ultimate conversion
of the wet pulp into a dry web or sheet. Thus, for exam-
pie, these sizing agents may be added to the pulp wealth latter is in the head box, beater, hydropulper ox stock
chest.
Further improvements in the water resistance of
the paper prepared with these novel sizing events may be
obtained by curing the resulting webs, sheets, or molded
products. This curing process involves heating the paper
at temperatures in the range of from 80 to 150C for
periods of from 1 to 60 minutes. however, it should again
be noted that post curing is not essential to the success-
fur operation of this invention.
The sizing events of this invention may, of course, be successfully utilized for the sizing of paper
prepared from all types of both cellulosic and combine-
lions of cellulosic with non-cellulosic fibers. The
cellulosic fibers which may be used include bleached and
unbleached sulfate (raft), bleached and unbleached sulk
file, bleached and unbleached soda, neutral sulfite, semi-
chemical chemiground-wood, ground wood, and any combine-
lion of these fibers. These designations refer to wood
pulp fibers which have been prepared by means of a variety
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of processes which are used in the pulp and paper incus-
try. In addition, synthetic fibers of the viscose rayon
ox or regenerated cellulose type can also be used.
All types of pigments and fillers may be added
to the paper which is to be sized with the novel sizing
agents of this invention. such materials include clay,
talc, titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, calcium sulk
fate, and diatomaceous earths. Other additives, including alum, as well as other sizing agents, can also be used
with these sizing agents.
With respect to proportions, the sizing agents
may be employed in amounts ranging from about 0.05 to
about 3.0g of the dry weight of the pulp in the finished
sheet or web. While amounts in excess of 3% may be used,
the benefits of increased sizing properties are usually
not economically justified. Within the mentioned range
the precise amount of size which is to be used will depend
for the most part upon the type of pulp which is briny
utilized, the specific operating conditions, as well as
the particular end use for which the paper is destined.
Thus, for example, paper which will require good water
resistance or ink holdout will necessitate the use of a
higher concentration of sizing agent than paper which does
not.
The following examples are provided to thus-
irate the invention in accordance with the principles of
this invention but are not to be construed as limiting the
invention in any way except as indicated by the appended
claims.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
The alkenyl succinic android (AS) employed in
this example was a commercial type of liquid C15_20 AS
prepared by the "Eye" reaction of Mohawk android with
C15_20 olefins. The olefins consisted of a 50/50 mixture
of straight chain internal olefins and branched chain
propylene oligomer, both of which covered the C15-C20
range, inclusive.
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A 10% solution of Igepal C0-630, a commercial
non ionic oil-in-water emulsifier, was made in the above
05 AS. This was a clear homogeneous solution at room them-
portray. One drop ~0.026 g) of this mixture was shaken
with 25 ml of water for 15 seconds in a stopper Ed
graduate. A stable white emulsion was formed. This Emil-
sifter, which has an HUB of 13.0, is therefore an
excellent emulsifier for AS when freshly mixed.
The 10~ emulsifier in AS mixture was allowed to
stand at room temperature. After one week it would no
longer form a stable emulsion. Similarly, when aging was
accelerated by heating for 3 hours at 80C, the mixture
would not form a stable emulsion.
Similar results were obtained with six other
commercial emulsifiers, namely, Tergitol TMN-6, Tergitol
15-S-12, Briton X-114, Briton X-100, Igepal C0-620, and
Igepal C0-720. After heating for three hours at 80C, the
10% mixtures in AS had lost their self-emulsifyiny
vower. The HUB of these emulsifiers ranged from ll.7 to
14.5.
This example shows that commercial emulsifiers,
which form excellent emulsions when freshly mixed with
AS, do not form stable emulsions with ALA after aging the
mixture.
Example 2
Igepal C0-850 was mixed in a 1/1 mole ratio with
laurel chloride and heated at 80C for sixteen hours, and
then at 100C for 7 hours under vacuum to remove clue.
Infrared analysis of the mixture indicated that the acid
chloride had been consumed, and an ester had formed. An
intense ester carbonyl absorption at 1735 Cal was
present. The acid chloride carbonyl absorption at 1800
cm 1 had disappeared. The hydroxyl absorption at 3480
cm 1 of the alkylphenol ethoxylate had disappeared.
The HUB of this capped emulsifier is estimated
at l3.7, assuming that Igepal C0-850 is an ethoxylated
nonyl phenol containing 20 ethylene oxide units.
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Example 3
The capped emulsifier of Example 2 was mixed
ox into the AS of Example 1 at the 10~ level. A homogeneous
solution at room temperature was obtained.
When this mixture was tested for emulsifying
power by the procedure described in Example 1, it formed a
good emulsion in water. However, in this case, the
mixture was stable to storage. After accelerated agony, 3
hours at 80C, it still gave a good emulsion.
Therefore, this ASA/emulsifier composition,
which is stable to storage, exemplifies the present
invention.
Example 4
Igepal C0-850 was mixed in a 1/1 mole ratio with
octadecyl isocyanate and heated at 100C for seventeen
hours, plus 4 hours at 120C. Infrared examination of the
product showed that the hydroxyl absorption at 3480 Cal
had disappeared, an No band was present at 3340 cm 1, and
a large carbamate carbonyl band was present at 1720 cm 1
The HUB of this capped emulsifier is estimated
at 12.6. The octadecyl isocyanate reagent is advantageous
in that no by-product is formed in the capping step.
Example 5
The capped emulsifier of Example 4 was mixed
into the AS of Example at the 10% level. A homogeneous
solution was obtained.
When this mixture was tested for emulsifying
power by the procedure described in Example 1, it formed
an excellent emulsion in water. However, in this case,
the mixture was stable to storage. After accelerated
aging, 3 hours at 8~C, it still gave an excellent
emulsion.
Therefore, this ASA/emulsifier composition,
which is stable to storage, exemplifies the present
invention.
Example 6
The same procedures and tests as in Examples 2
and 3 were carried out starting with Igepal C0-720 and, in
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each case, capping with one mole of decanoyl, laurel and
stroll chloride. In each case, the final ASA/emulsifier
05 mixture was stable to storage, producing as good an
emulsion in water after heating at 80C for 3 hours as
when freshly mixed. The emulsion quality was not as good
as the emulsion of Examples 3 and 5.
The capped emulsifier HUB is estimated at 11.7
lo for the decanoyl cap, 11.3 for the laurel, and 10.4 for
the stroll, assuming Igepal C0-720 contains 12 ethylene
oxide units.
Example 7
The same experiments as in Example 6 were
carried out with naphthoic acid chloride as the capping
agent for Igepai C0-720. In this case, again, the same
quality emulsion was produced before and after accelerated
aging. The HUB is estimated at 11.7.
Example 8
The same procedures as in Examples 2 and 3 were
carried out capping with stroll chloride, in one case,
Igepal C0-850, and in another, Igepal C0-880. In each
case, the ASA/capped emulsifier mixture was stable to
accelerated aging. Very good emulsions in water were
formed both before and after heating.
The HUB for the capped Igepal C0-850 is
estimated at 12.9 and the HUB for the capped Igepal C0-880
is estimated at 14.6, assuming that Igepal C0-880 contains
30 ethylene oxide units.
Example 9
The same procedures as in Examples 2 and 3 were
carried out starting with methoxy polyethylene glycols
( MPG 350, MPG 550 and MPG 750) as the polyethyleneoxy-
containing moiety and capping separately with the acid
chlorides of Laurie and Starkey acid. The capped
polyethyleneoxy-containing compounds prepared were
MPG laureate (estimated HUB, 12.0), MPG laureate
(HUB, 14.0), MPG Stewart (HUB, 12.7), and MPG 750-
Stewart (HUB, 14.1). In each case, the ASA/emulsifier
mixture formed a stable emulsion in water both before
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and after accelerated agony. The latter three emulsifiers
formed the best emulsions.
05 Example 10
The same procedures as in Examples 2 and 3 were
carried out using Laurie acid chloride as the capping
agent for two alcohol ethoxylates. In one case, an
ethoxylate of laurel alcohol which contained an average of
lo 23 ethylene oxide units was used. In tune other case, the
ethoxylate of oilily alcohol with 20 ethylene oxide units
was used. The estimated HUB values were 14.7 and 13.2,
respectively.
In both cases, the mixture of emulsifier with
AS was stable to accelerated aging. The oilily emulsifier
produced somewhat better emulsions than the laurel
emulsifier.
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